Asmita Sengupta, G. Ravikanth, Seshadri K. S., Milind Bunyan, T. Ganesh, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan, M Soubadra Devy, Aravind N.A.

bioTROPICA | February 24, 2025

South Asia, renowned for its rich biological heritage, is home to a quarter of the global human population and has been experiencing unprecedented biodiversity loss. Anthropogenic pressures are expected to rise in the coming decades, and how governance structures respond to them will be instrumental in preserving this biodiversity. In this paper, we provide an overview of the different conservation paradigms across South Asia and discuss how these can be strengthened.